Lyle Taggart & Anne Taggart t/a The Fullerton Arms v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
Decision date: 27 April 2010
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Short overview
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This is an appeal by Mr and Mrs Taggart, trading as the Fullerton Arms, against HMRC's refusal to allow input tax claimed by voluntary disclosure for VAT period 01/02–30/04/02. The VAT652 disclosure asserted input tax of £31,666 but the appellants failed to provide invoices, breakdowns, timing evidence or other corroboration despite repeated requests and Tribunal directions. The Tribunal dismissed the appeal for want of sufficient evidence and for failure to comply with directions; no order as to costs was made.
Ratio decidendi
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A party seeking to reclaim input tax bears the onus of proving the amount, timing and proper charging of the VAT claimed; where a claimant relies on a voluntary disclosure, verifying documentation (e.g. invoices, breakdowns and corroborative evidence) is required and failure to produce such evidence can justify dismissal of the claim.
Obiter dicta
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The judgment indicates it would be reasonable to expect leaseholders undertaking extensive works on premises they do not own to produce corroborative documentation such as lease variations or evidence of rent reduction, and that secondary evidence from suppliers still trading may be sought where primary records are said to have been destroyed.
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